INTRODUCTION
I believe that God interacts with His people on a daily basis. He desires to do that. Sure, we should see Him when we open our eyes, or dress ourselves, when we arrive at our destinations safely, and greet our family & friends. Yes, these are miracles we take for granted and we SHOULD give thanks to God for them. However, if at the end of the day, we cannot pinpoint a certain moment where there was a Yeshua-experience just for us, we have missed Him. I am going to start a series in which I detail those Yeshua Moments in my life and I hope you do the same. Let’s practice His presence. Let’s consciously choose to see Him in everything, everywhere! Here’s the point–”The more we focus on what He IS doing, the more of that He will do in our lives. If we focus on what He is NOT doing, He will NOT do anything–and it is not that He is Not doing anything, but that is all that you will see.” So let’s practice the presence of our God for the next 30 days and record them so that our spirits can be alive in Him. Let’s help to build one another’s faith and awaken our spiritual pores to the living Presence of our Abba. Come on! Let’s walk with the Father!
Day #22 — “Making the Gospel Your Own”
My devotional today was I Thessalonians chapter 1. In it Paul gives thanksgiving for the believers in Thessalonica. There is something that he said that really spoke to me. He says in verse 5 “for our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction” (emphasis mine). We share with others the good news and we tell them that Yeshua loves them, but do we share the gospel message with POWER! What’s so wonderful is that power is not necessarily demonstrative, but those who hear us will feel the power if it is there. Paul said that they shared the gospel in the Holy Spirit (Ruach Hakodesh). Someone once said that when a man or woman of God, full of the Spirit of God, bears the word of God by the Spirit of God, people will listen with attentive ears! And finally he says with full conviction. Do we really believe what we say? Do we really live the gospel? Can we claim it as our own like Paul and his companions; he said “our gospel.” Is there FULL conviction when we share it? Does the unbeliever sense somehow that this is not a conviction that is worth dying for?
Knowing the word is not enough when sharing it! We have to share it in POWER in THE HOLY SPIRIT and with FULL CONVICTION!
Father, thank you for your word! Thank you that it is TRUTH. It is LIFE. But I pray, Father, that as we share it, that we will love it so much that it becomes OURS. Amen!
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